Egg-cleaning machine.



H. M. FEDDERSON. EGG CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

1,087,005, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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TJNITED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

HENRY MARTIN FEDDERSON, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

EGG-CLEANING MACHINE.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY MARTIN FED-nnnsoN, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Petaluma, in thecounty of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Egg-Cleaning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for cleaning eggs and has for anobject to provide a machine of this character which will include acleaning element and means for rotating and for tilting the elementwhereby it may be partly submerged in a body of water and therebysaturated to permit the eggs to be thoroughly washed and scrubbed whenthe elment is revolved.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application and in which likeletters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure1 is a vertical section through the machine. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe same.

The machine preferably comprises a bracket 1 which is provided with amain body portion 2 and branch clamping extensions 3 and 4, the formerbeing disposed substantially at an obtuse angle to the plane of the mainbody of the bracket whereby when the extensions 3 and at are placed inembracing or clamping engagement upon a table or like support 5 thedevice will extend substantially diagonally therefrom. The lowerextension t is provided with a clamping screw 6 which may be engagedbeneath the top of the table 5, while the extension 3 is provided with apair of clamping screws 7 that may be adjusted and brought into anyrequired engagement with the top of the table 5 to effect any desiredtilt of the bracket for a purpose to be hereinafter described. At theupper end the bracket supports a bearing 8 in which is revolubly mounteda driven brush shaft 9. At one end this shaft has keyed thereto a smallgear wheel 10 which is in mesh with a larger gear wheel 11 on a drivenshaft 12, the latter being journaled in suitable bearings 13 on thebracket as shown. The large driven gear supports a crank handle letwhich may Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 3, 1912.

Patented Feb. 10, 191$.

Serial No. 713,082.

be engaged with the hand and thereby revolved manually to transmitmotion to the brush shaft. The brush 15 includes a head 16 ofsubstantially hemispherical form, the same being hollow and havingsecured to its walls bristles 17 that are relatively associated thattheir cleaning ends present a concavity 18 for the reception of aportion of an egg. At one end the brush head has secured thereto anattaching socket 19 which is adapted to receive the brush shaft. A setscrew 20 on the socket is adjustable whereby it may be engaged with thebrush shaft so as to effectually hold the brush thereon and demand therotation of the same therewith. Shifting the angle of the bracket 1changes the angle of the brush shaft above the top of the table 5whereby any desired portion of the brush at any point below the .planeof the brush shaft may be submerged in a body of water. As forillustration eggs to be cleaned are placed in a pan 21 as shown inFig. 1. The eggs are taken singly in the hand of the operator and theyare manipulated whereby any portion of the egg may be extended into thesocket defined by the cleaning extremities of the brush bristles, thebristles being saturated with water effectually assists in the scrubbingaction of the brush in relieving the shells of the eggs of foreignparticles and restores them to a perfectly clean condition.

I claim V A bracket for a machine of the character described comprisinga bracket including a main body portion inclined with relation to thevertical, a horizontally disposed extension formed on said body portionat a point substantially medially thereof, another extension formed onthe lower end of said body portion and inclining downwardly withrelation to the first named extension, and clamping means carried bysaid first and last named extensions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MARTIN FEDDERSON. Witnesses: V

L. O. RANKIN, I. BATOHELDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O."

